Events - 9 Fév 19

Film Club presents Michael Moore’s “Sicko” | 09/02/2019 | 3:00 -5:30

The film club shows a film once a month on a Saturday afternoon. This Saturday showing will be of “Sicko”, a 2007 American documentary film made by filmmaker Michael Moore. The film investigates health care in the United States, focusing on its health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. The movie compares the profiteering, non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba. See trailer by clicking here.

Screening begins at 15:00 sharp and will be followed by a discussion in English. This activity is free of charge for all library members. If possible, please reserve by signing up at the front desk or by sending an email.

Saturday Reading Group | 09/02/2019 | 3:00 -4:30

The Saturday Reading Group on February 9th will be a joint discussion of The Handmaid’s Tale & Fahrenheit 451 to make up for the January cancellation.

“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian novel that satirizes the strain of evangelical puritanism in American culture and the objectification of women. It is more broadly a contemporary myth of despotic power and how such power deforms those who are subjected to it. “One of Atwood’s finest pieces of work.” The TV series adaptation, starring Elisabeth Moss, is equally haunting, vivid and endlessly engrossing.

“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury is a hauntingly prophetic, classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. The classic novel reflects a post-literate future in a prophetic account of Western civilization’s enslavement by the media, drugs and conformity. The 1966 film adaptation stars Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, and Cyril Cusack. “With a serious and even terrifying theme, this excursion into science fiction has been thoughtfully directed by Francois Truffaut and there is adequate evidence of light touches to bring welcome and needed relief to a sombre and scarifying subject.”

When and where: Meetings will be held at the library once a month on Saturday afternoons starting at 3 pm. Cost: FREE to all members of the library. To join: Please contact Anne Kaar at bookgroup@ellia.org